Country Medical Director (CMD), France

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For Current Gilead Employees and Contractors:Please log onto your Internal Career Site to apply for this job. At Gilead, we’re creating a healthier world for all people. For more than 35 years, we’ve tackled diseases such as HIV, viral hepatitis, COVID-19 and cancer – working relentlessly to develop therapies that help improve lives and to ensure access to these therapies across the globe. We continue to fight against the world’s biggest health challenges, and our mission requires collaboration, determination and a relentless drive to make a difference. Every member of Gilead’s team plays a critical role in the discovery and development of life-changing scientific innovations. Our employees are our greatest asset as we work to achieve our bold ambitions, and we’re looking for the next wave of passionate and ambitious people ready to make a direct impact. We believe every employee deserves a great leader. People Leaders are the cornerstone to the employee experience at Gilead and Kite. As a people leader now or in the future, you are the key driver in evolving our culture and creating an environment where every employee feels included, developed and empowered to fulfil their aspirations. Join Gilead and help create possible, together. Job Description Role purpose The Country Medical Director (CMD), France is the senior medical and scientific leader for the affiliate. The role owns the country medical strategy across the portfolio, leads the Medical Affairs organisation, and ensures that patient needs, scientific evidence and the French healthcare environment shape affiliate, regional and global decisions. Act as a trusted, credible scientific partner in the external ecosystem and the senior medical representative of the affiliate. Serve as a strategic member of the Country Leadership Team, contributing an independent medical perspective to affiliate strategy and decisions. Connect the country with regional and global teams so that French needs, insights, evidence gaps and opportunities are heard early and translated into action. Create an inclusive, high-performing Medical Affairs organisation that develops talent, empowers teams and delivers measurable value for patients and the healthcare system. Four dimensions of the role Country medical and scientific leader Owns the medical and scientific strategy across therapeutic areas, pipeline and in-market products. Affiliate enterprise leader Shapes affiliate priorities, decisions, culture and resource choices as a Country Leadership Team member. External scientific ambassador Represents the company with healthcare professionals, scientific societies, patient organisations, public-health stakeholders, authorities and other relevant external stakeholders. Enterprise connector Creates a two-way flow of insights, decisions and priorities between France, ACE/International and Global teams. Key accountabilities 1. Medical strategy and portfolio leadership Own and continuously evolve the France Medical Affairs strategy and annual medical plans, aligned with patient needs, country priorities and regional/global strategy while preserving the appropriate independence of Medical Affairs. Translate scientific, clinical, access, policy and healthcare-system developments into clear priorities, choices and resource allocation across therapeutic areas. Lead medical launch readiness and life-cycle planning for pipeline and in-market products, including evidence needs, scientific engagement, education, medical information readiness and cross-functional dependencies. Use meaningful objectives and indicators to monitor impact, identify risks and adjust plans. ​ 2. Patient focus, care gaps and healthcare-system impact Put patients first in strategy and execution, including attention to unmet need, equitable evidence generation, access barriers and patient experience. Identify and help close care gaps so that patients can benefit from the latest evidence-based care, including appropriate contribution to guidelines, pathways and public-health initiatives. Set the medical framework for compliant patient and community engagement, clarifying interfaces with Public Affairs and other functions. Ensure the medical organisation understands the French healthcare, regulatory, reimbursement and policy environment and its implications for patients and Medical Affairs. ​ 3. Scientific leadership and external engagement Build and sustain trusted, transparent relationships with external experts, healthcare professionals, scientific societies, patient organisations, payers/HTA stakeholders, public-health bodies and other relevant stakeholders, in line with applicable rules. Ensure balanced, evidence-based scientific exchange and high-quality medical education, tailored to stakeholder needs and delivered through appropriate channels. Act as senior scientific spokesperson for the affiliate when appropriate and authorised, including on complex evidence, benefit-risk, disease and healthcare-system topics. Establish a systematic approach to gathering, synthesising, escalating and acting on medical insights. ​ 4. Evidence generation and development partnership Define the local evidence strategy and govern local research, real-world evidence, collaborative studies, publications and other data-generation activities for scientific relevance, quality, feasibility and compliance. Partner with Clinical Development and Clinical Operations to inform country and site strategy, investigator engagement, feasibility, recruitment and issue resolution. Provide timely France input into development programmes, evidence plans and global/regional strategies, including local epidemiology, standard of care, access and data gaps. Oversee appropriate support for investigator-sponsored research, early access or compassionate-use programmes, where applicable. 5. Affiliate, regional and global partnership Contribute actively to the Country Leadership Team and relevant governance forums, bringing scientific judgement, patient perspective, risk awareness and constructive challenge. Partner strategically with Commercial, Value and Access, Regulatory, Patient Safety/Pharmacovigilance, Public Affairs, Government Affairs, Legal, Compliance, Medical Information, Quality and Clinical teams while maintaining clear functional accountabilities. Ensure continuous two-way communication with ACE/International and Global Medical Affairs, sharing country insights and ensuring relevant decisions are understood and implemented locally. Contribute to regional therapeutic-area networks, review committees and cross-country initiatives, and sponsor or lead above-country work where assigned. 6. Governance, quality and risk management Ensure Medical Affairs activities comply with company policies, standard operating procedures, applicable French and European laws, regulations, industry codes and ethical standards. Provide effective medical governance for scientific interactions, grants, research, advisory activities, materials and other medical deliverables within the scope of the role. Partner with Patient Safety to ensure adverse-event and safety-information responsibilities are understood and met, and with Regulatory and Quality on relevant obligations. Maintain inspection and audit readiness, identify and escalate risks promptly, and ensure robust corrective and preventive follow-through. Ensure appropriate governance of digital and AI-enabled medical activities, including scientific accuracy, privacy, transparency, human oversight and compliant use. 7. People, organisation and culture Lead the France Medical Affairs organisation, setting clear direction, accountabilities, priorities and standards for performance and conduct. Attract, onboard, coach, develop and retain diverse talent; ensure meaningful objectives, regular feedback, succession planning and actionable development plans. Create an inclu